Method of fabricating strikers



J.,B. FLYNN May 5, 1931.

METHOD OF FABRICATING STRIKERS Filed July 20. 1929 I INVENTOR. 1,767??? ,B. IZynn A T TORNE Y.

Patented May 5, 1931 UNITED STATES JOHN B. FLYNN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR T0 TERNSTEDT'MANUFACTURING COMIANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A COBPORATION OF MICHIGAN mn'rnon or summarise srmxnas Application filed July 20, 1929. Serial No. 879,682.

This invention relates to a striker and method of fabricating same.

It is the object of this invention to produce a striker for a refrigerator latch or the like that is strong, durable, and yet relatively simple in construction, and to set forth a method of fabricating such a striker that consists briefly of forming a bar of stock to a predetermined shape, removing or slicing a section from the bar, bifurcating an end of the section and then turning out the flanges to form a base for the striker.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective of a bar of stock having a predetermined cross-sectional shape.

Fig. 2 shows a section or portion which has been cut from the rolled stock bar.

Fig. 3 shows the section after one end has been bifurcated.

Fig. 4 shows the section after the flanges have been turned outwardly to form the base of the striker.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the striker.

Fig. 6 shows the striker after the base has been impressed with a suitable design and holes put therein for the reception of suitable attaching means.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein I have shown the method as applied to a specific type of striker, namely, a re'fri erator latch striker, (but it is under stood t at this method is not limited to refrigerator latch strikers), I have shown a bar of rolled stock of any suitable metal or com osition of metals, which may be eneral y be designated 1. 'The bar is r0 ed to a suitable cross-sectional shape, and, since in this instance I have shown the method applied to a refrigerator latch striker, the cross-sectional shape of the rolled bar stock conforms to that of the refrigerator latch striker which is to be produced, the head portion of which may be designated 2 and the base portion 3.

After the stock has been rolled to the. required predetermined cross-sectional shape, a section is sliced therefrom by any suitable operation such as sawing the bar along the or any 0t tion, and then turnin dotted line 4. This section may be designated 5.

After a section 5 has been removed from the rolled bar stock 1, the base ortion of the section is bifurcated to form ange or-" tions 7 and 8. The {bifurcation of the ase portion of the section maybe achieved by means of a,saw the withdrawal of which leaves the-kerf 6. Theflange portions 7 and 8 are then turned outwardly at substantially a right angle to the body portion 10 of the striker to the position shown in Fig. 4

to form the base of the striker. After the flanges 7 and 8 have been turned outwardly to form the base of the striker, suitable holes 9 may be punchedor otherwise placed therein for receiving screws or any other suitable means for attaching the striker to a support.

The base of the striker may also be im-- pressed with any suitable ornamentation, such as that shown at 11.

From the above description, it is evident that I have disclosed a simple and efiicient method for fabricating a latch striker that is strong and durable. Although in the above description of my method I have spoken only of utilizing rolled stock as the material out of which the striker is made, yet I wish it to be distinctl understood that do not limit my metho to any one par ticular type of stock. This method is equally well applicable to rolled, extruded, cast,

I er type of metal stock.

What I claim is:

1. The method of'fabricatin a striker for a refri erator latch, or the ike, which com rises ormi'ng a metallic bar into a re etermined shape, removing a section rom such bar, removing a portion of said section to form an opening therein, and then turning the metal adjacent the opening to form a base for the striker.

2. The method of fabricating a striker for a refri erator latch, or the like, which comprises ?orming a metallic bar into a predetermined shape, removing a section from such bar, bifurcating one end of the secthe bifurcated end outwardly to form a ase for the striker.

3. The method of fabricating a striker for a refrigerator latch, or the like, which comprises rolling a'metallic bar into a predetermined cross-sectional shape to conform to a cross-section of the striker, removing a ortion of the said section forming an openlng therein, and then turning the metal adjacent the opening to form a base for the striker.

4. The method of fabricating a striker for a refrigerator latch, 'or the like, which comprises rolling a metallic bar into a predetermined cross-sectional shape to conform to the cross-sectional shape of the striker, removing a section from the said metallic bar, bifurcating an end of the section, and then turning the bifurcated end outwardly to form a base for the striker.

5. The method of fabricating a striker for a refrigerator latch, or the like, which com prises forming a metallic bar into a predetermined shape, removing a section from the said bar, sawing one end of the section and then turning t e sawed end outwardly to form a base for the striker.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN B. FLYNN. 

